Great stories of the sea & ships /

A selection of thirty-four works about the sea by such authors as Homer, Hans Christian Andersen, Herman Melville, Victor Hugo, Jules Verne, Christopher Columbus, Daniel Defoe, and others.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945 (Editor), Hurd, Peter, 1904-1984 (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : David McKay Company, [1940]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The mermaid / H.C. Andersen ; The fight in the foretop / by J. Boyd ; Collision at sea / F.T. Bullen ; The voyage of 1492 / C. Columbus ; The wreck of the Royal Caroline / J.F. Cooper ; Death at sea / R.H. Dana, Jr. ; North-wester / R.H. Dana, Jr. ; Three adventures of Robinson Crusoe / D. Defoe ; Dante's escape from the Chateau d'If / A. Dumas ; The specksioneer / E. Gaskell ; How Captain John Ribault planted a colony in Florida / R. Hakluyt ; The raft of Odysseus / Homer ; The devil-fish / V. Hugo ; An imprisoned thunderstorm / V. Hugo ; The phantom island / W. Irving ; The iron-clads / M. Johnston ; How Amyas threw his sword into the sea / C. Kingsley ; Fog / J. London ; Iceland fishermen / P. Loti ; Mr. Midshipman Easy makes a bet / C. Marryat ; The flight of the smugglers / J. Masefield ; The great white whale / H. Melville ; Rounding Cape Horn / H. Melville ; The mutiny of the Bounty / G. Murchie, Jr. ; A descent into the maelstrom / E.A. Poe ; Sir Richard Grenville and the Spanish Armada / W. Raleigh ; Attacked by pirates / C. Reade ; The derelict Neptune / M. Robertson ; The cruise of the torch / M. Scott ; Trafalgar / R. Southey ; The man with the belt of gold / R.L. Stevenson ; The rescue of a castaway / J. Verne ; An unknown species of whale / J. Verne ; The ballad of the Clampherdown / R. Kipling. rc.